]]>Firefighters injured at Nine Dragons Maine millhttp://paperstockreport.com/2019/08/27/firefighters-injured-at-nine-dragons-maine-mill/
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:55:11 +0000http://paperstockreport.com/?p=1221Days after a grand re-opening celebration, local media reported that two firefighters were injured as they helped to extinguish a fire at the Nine Dragons Paper mill in Old Town, Maine. The Portland Press Herald said the fire originated in a lime kiln, which is used in making unbleached softwood pulp that is produced at the mill.

ND Paper, Nine Dragons’ U.S. affiliate, purchased the mill last year after it closed in 2015. The company has since invested $46 million in upgrades and hired 130 people from more than 1,000 applicants.

The mill reopened last month and produced its first bales of unbleached softwood pulp on July 31. The company held a grand reopening celebration on August 13 that was attended by Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King and 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, along with Nine Dragons Chairlady Yan Cheung.

]]>NORPAC to expand into packaging papershttp://paperstockreport.com/2019/08/27/norpac-to-expand-into-packaging-papers/
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:07:28 +0000http://paperstockreport.com/?p=1219North Pacific Paper Co. (NORPAC), of Longview Wash., said it will convert about a third of its production to recycled packaging grades. The company said it plans to recycle more…

]]>Northeast recycled commodity price averages $52 per tonhttp://paperstockreport.com/2019/08/21/northeast-recycled-commodity-price-averages-52-per-ton/
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:09:13 +0000http://paperstockreport.com/?p=1210The average price of recycled commodities marketed by MRFs in the Northeast U.S. averaged about $52 per ton between April and June, according to a report from the Northeast Recycling…

]]>Containerboard production down 8 percent from a year agohttp://paperstockreport.com/2019/08/21/containerboard-production-down-8-percent-from-a-year-ago/
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:31:36 +0000http://paperstockreport.com/?p=1208U.S. containerboard production in July 2019 decreased 7.8 percent compared to July 2018 and was down 5.3 percent for first seven months of the year, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced.

In releasing its July 2019 Containerboard Monthly Report, AF&PA said the average daily containerboard production compared to June 2019 was 2.5 percent higher.

The containerboard operating rate increased from 89.1 percent in June to 89.9 percent in July. While the total linerboard rate increased to 88.0 percent, it has been below 90 percent in five out of seven months this year.

The July total operating rate was 8.7 points lower than the same month last year and the year-to-date operating rate was down 6.6 points. Production for export, most of which is linerboard, was down 18.3 percent month-over-month and was down 18.5 percent year-to-date.

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]]>U.S. rail traffic down from a year agohttp://paperstockreport.com/2019/08/21/u-s-rail-traffic-down-from-a-year-ago/
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:52:07 +0000http://paperstockreport.com/?p=1202U.S. weekly rail traffic during the week ending August 17 was down 5.2 percent compared to the same time last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) said. Last week,…